Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Mercy
May21

Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Mercy

Dear Vijaya Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! This recent Nrsimha Caturdasi was a very auspicious time for book distribution. I had to be back at the Los Angeles temple by one o'clock for the festival, so that morning I was begging Lord Nrsimhadeva to engage me. During japa I was begging that since I could only go out for three hours that uses me to distribute twice as many books. As soon...

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Monthly Sankirtana Festivals Turn Little into Lots
May10

Monthly Sankirtana Festivals Turn Little into Lots

By Madhava Smullen In Silicon Valley’s Hare Krishna community, a new book distribution effort is turning into a juggernaut that could be the future of ISKCON’s outreach. When the predominantly householder community decided in 2004 to find a new way to fit book distribution into their nine-to-five lives, they created a “Monthly Sankirtana Festival.” Their motto? “Many people doing a little bit.” The...

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Sastra dana Radhadesh
May03

Sastra dana Radhadesh

Hare Krsna, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! We would like to let devotees know about how successful is the Sastra dana program here in Radhedesh, Belgium. Mother Rupa Manjari and her son-in-law Mahaprabhu prabhu are taking care of it and in only two months they got very nice results. There are many visitors coming almost every day here and four displays have been installed in the Reception, in the...

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New Book Distributors First Taste of Nectar
Apr30

New Book Distributors First Taste of Nectar

During the December marathon at Daulatabad, Aurangabad . . . by Rajiev Puri. Our spot for selling books, a book stall, at Daulatabad (a tourist spot en route to the famous Ellora Ccaves) was the same as last year's. But the vendor crowd around there was unhappy to see us there. When the official in charge came and objected to our stall being put up at the entrance of the fort and asked us to remove it immediately, the vendors...

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Dayaya: showing mercy to all condictioned souls
Apr28

Dayaya: showing mercy to all condictioned souls

These are some of the ways in which the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be satisfied by the devotee. The first item mentioned is dayaya sarva-bhtesu, showing mercy to all conditioned souls. The best way to show mercy is to spread Krsna consciousness. The entire world is suffering for want of this knowledge. People should know that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original cause of everything. Knowing this, everyone should...

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